2. Listen or read. Check your answers, A great Kyrgyz sportsman and writer
Emir Sultankanov is one of the organizers of the World Nomad Games
in Kyrgyzstan. He's 35 years old. He's married and he's got three sons,
Emir is a horse racer. He's got 88 prizes from horse racing
competitions. His favourite horse is Akkula. Emir rides Akkula very
fast. He takes part in a lot of competitions,
But Emir isn't only a professional horse racer - he can do other
things too, He writes books about Kyrgyz national games such as At
chabyah, Kyn-kuumal, Ulak-tartysh, Oodaryah, and Toguz Korgool. He
writes some of his books in English because he can speak it very well.
He wants to make Kyrgyz national games popular in other countries,
What else can be do? Emir is good at athletics. He runs very fast
because he trains a lot every day. He says, "Athletics and horse racing are
the same. You need to come first to the finish line." But he can't do karate
and he can't play tennis. He wants to learn to do these sports one day,
